Loving someone is hard and active, not easy and passive. When you sign up to actually love people – no fakers allowed – then you sign up for a life of runny noses, awkward car rides, hugs that last too long, pauses that demand no noise, and admitting you were wrong. If you want to actually love people then you have to be willing to be wrong.

Love is forgiveness. And it’s atonement. And it’s basically like putting your soul in a washing machine – it’s not some gentle cycle, it’s a fierce whipping that rings you out good.

Sometimes, you even felt SO lucky that you found someone that you clicked with right away — where everything made sense…all the pieces fell into place and you two understood each other without even saying a word, like you were reading each others’ minds.

Sometimes when an ocean separated you two, you felt them near you at night, even if it was just through a computer screen.

Sometimes, someone can saysaid ‘I love you,’ but later on, proved that they didn’t mean it.

Sometimes, you could be in somebody’s presence and automatically know that they are all wrong for you.

Sometimes, someone showed you exactly how they felt about you…and that was all that you needed.